RATHDRUM — Post Falls turned up the defensive pressure in the third quarter, and was rewarded with plenty of steals, easy baskets and a convincing 67-34 victory at Lakeland on Tuesday night in nonleague play at Hawk Court.

Leading 30-22 at halftime, the Trojans (8-5) went on a 22-6 run over the majority of the period, with Lexi Heath’s steal, resulting layup and free throw putting Post Falls ahead 57-28 with 1:12 left in the third quarter.

“We started the game well, then they hit some 3s in the second quarter,” Trojans coach Marc Allert said of Lakeland, which outscored Post Falls 13-12 in the second period. “Our pressure got to them in the third quarter, and it got us some easy baskets.

“Our rotations were good on defense, and we did a good job on Katy Ryan, who’s such a force for them inside,” Allert added. “It was a total team effort on the defensive end.”

“Post Falls just played harder, they executed better, and they played at a level that we just, for whatever reason, couldn’t match,” said Lakeland coach Steve Seymour, whose team committed 14 first-half turnovers.

Heath had 16 points and Laney Smith added 11 for the Trojans, who travel to Lewiston on Friday to open 5A Inland Empire League play. Both hit three of Post Falls’ 11 3-pointers.

The 6-foot-4 Ryan led the Hawks (5-10) with nine points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots. Darby McDevitt added seven points for Lakeland, which visits Moscow on Friday in the 4A IEL opener.

Lakeland was coming off an overtime victory at 5A Coeur d’Alene five days earlier.

“If we thought by beating Coeur d’Alene we were there, we learned tonight we’re not there yet,” Seymour said.

Post Falls 18 12 27 10 — 67

Lakeland 9 13 8 4 — 34

POST FALLS — Heath 16, Blake 3, Johnson 8, Fleming 7, Smith 11, LaFountaine 5, Walton 7, Carpenter 7, Christensen 3.

LAKELAND — Boyer 0, Tingey 0, McDevitt 7, Neff 0, Ryan 9, Hostetler 2, Loutzenhiser 5, Kiefer 5, Woempner 6, Simon 0, Huddleston 0.

Wallace 59

Genesis Prep 23

WALLACE — Jaden House scored 18 points to lead the Miners past the Jaguars in a nonleague game at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Esther Nies scored 11 points for Genesis Prep (0-10), which is scheduled to host Priest River on Friday at The Courts at Real Life Ministries.

Megan Morin and Sarah Johnson scored 12 points each for Wallace (6-4), which travels to St. Maries on Thursday.

Genesis Prep 3 6 6 8 — 23

Wallace 18 14 18 6 — 59

GENESIS PREP — Kim 3, Bohannan 0, Elonen 0, Neely 9, Thomas 0, Nies 11, Burgess 0, Reidt 0.

WALLACE — Morin 12, Merrick 2, Johnson 12, Specht 2, House 19, Welch 6, Hill 2, Cielke 4, Hunter 0, Bergem 0.

Clark Fork 49

Mullan 22

MULLAN — Sara Hathaway scored 11 points to lead the Wampus Cats past the Tigers in a North Star League game at the Mullan Pavilion.

Emily Dykes scored 11 points for Mullan (1-7, 0-3 NSL), which hosts Mullan next Tuesday.

Clark Fork (2-6, 1-1) hosts the Post Falls ‘C’ team on Friday.

Clark Fork 20 8 16 5 — 49

Mullan 3 0 12 7 — 22

CLARK FORK — Matteson 9, Valliere 4, Myers 4, Yanik 8, Hathaway 11, Kiebert 7, Hoffman 6.

MULLAN — Petit 2, Haig 0, Ringsbye 0, Fallingwater 9, Frazier 0, Dykes 11.

Lakeside at

Kootenai

HARRISON FLATS — No report was received.

N.I. Christian 48

Spokane

Class. Christian 27

SPOKANE — Grace Gwin had 14 points and seven steals as the visiting Royals beat the Knights in Mountain Christian League play at The Warehouse.

Imelda Bresee added 13 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and three blocked shots for North Idaho Christian (11-2, 7-0 MCL), which plays the Kootenai Thunder on Thursday at Kootenai Elementary.

Hanna Vermeer led Spokane Classical Christian with 10 points.

N.I. Christian 18 13 5 12 — 48

Spo. Clas. Chr. 4 11 7 5 — 27

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Kelly 4, Pilgrim 2, Knight 4, Gwin 14, Anderson 3, Malinauskas 4, Bresee 13, Connelly 2, Newman 2.

SPOKANE CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN — Anyan 7, Nichols 0, Severn 5, Spangler 0, Vermeer 10, Brasch 2, Fowikes 3.

Bonners Ferry at

Timberlake, ppd.

SPIRIT LAKE — Due to a snow day in Bonners on Tuesday, the Intermountain League game was rescheduled for tonight at 7 at Timberlake.